Posts Tagged ‘Great Commission’
05. Judas, Close to Jesus, But Never Surrendered
The People Who Almost Followed Jesus · Part 05 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Also on YouTube → Matthew 26:14-25 Judas may be one of the most frightening warnings in the entire Bible. Because Judas was not far from Jesus. He was astonishingly close. He heard Jesus teach with his own ears. He watched the blind…
Why Disciple Making Movements Cost Almost Nothing
After 14 years in northern Ghana, Terry Ruff learned that movements grow when ordinary believers carry the Gospel without buildings, salaries, or programs. Here is why low cost is not a limitation. It is the strategy.
12. Make Disciples, for the Sake of the Culture
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 12 ▶ Watch Today’s Video The culture will not change simply because Christians complain about it. We can condemn what is happening around us. We can debate politics. We can post about declining morality. We can grieve broken families, violence, corruption, addiction, loneliness, sexual confusion, and…
11. Movements Change Culture From the Inside Out
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 11 ▶ Watch Today’s Video We keep trying to change culture from the outside in. Jesus changes it from the inside out. We look to better laws, better programs, better schools, better leaders, and better institutions. And all of those can matter. But culture is ultimately…
09. A Culture of Consumerism Needs Obedient Disciples
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 09 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Video is embedded in today’s LinkedIn article. A direct Dropbox file will be added when available. Consumerism has discipled us more deeply than many of us realize. We are trained to ask: What do I get? What is in it for…
08. A Culture of Isolation Needs Spiritual Families
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 08 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Video is embedded in today’s LinkedIn article. A direct Dropbox file will be added when available. We have never been more connected. And yet millions of people have never felt more alone. We have followers, but no one who truly knows…
07. A Culture of Corruption Needs Disciples of Integrity
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 07 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Corruption does not begin in government offices. It begins in the human heart. Before money is stolen from a nation, truth is stolen from the conscience. Before power is abused publicly, compromise is accepted privately. Before a leader becomes corrupt, a…
06. A Culture of Violence Needs Disciples of Peace
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 06 ▶ Watch Today’s Video We cannot heal a culture of violence merely by telling angry people to calm down. Public campaigns may condemn hatred. Laws may punish violent behavior. Leaders may call for unity. But none of these can remove bitterness from the human heart.…
05. Children Become What Adults Reproduce
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 05 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Every generation is discipling the next one, even when it does not realize it. Children are always learning. They are watching what we celebrate. They are absorbing what we tolerate. They are noticing what receives our time, attention, money, and affection.…
04. Healthy Families Require Disciple-Makers
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 04 ▶ Watch Today’s Video The greatest threat to the family is not merely outside the home. It is the absence of Jesus at the center of the home. We can teach couples communication skills. We can give parents better strategies. We can create programs for…